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The Life-affirming Art of Stone Age Tools

To be human is to be artistic.

Sep 26, 2023

A 1.8 million year old stone tool. It is a brown rock that comes to a sharp edge.

Sep 26, 2023

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A Conversation with Scotland’s First Black Professor

Professor Sir Geoff Palmer on the way things were, and his journey to Scotland.

Oct 25, 2023

A Conversation with Scotland’s First Black Professor

Oct 25, 2023

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I (Sort of) Read Three Books For Their Covers — and this is what I thought

Come along, let’s be superficial.

Oct 4, 2023

Stack of three books between two pots.

Oct 4, 2023

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Britain’s First Black Aristocrat — Dido Belle on the Record

Searching for Dido in the surviving evidence.

Sep 26, 2023

18th century painting of two girls dressed in aristocratic dresses

Sep 26, 2023

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A quick rebuke of the myth of the Great Man

You should have seen the long rebuke.

Sep 20, 2023

Grand portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte on a horse.

Sep 20, 2023

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Rich, old, white men in paintings - and other reasons I became an historian.

One woman’s pursuit of historical truth.

Sep 18, 2023

Rich, old, white men in paintings - and other reasons I became an historian.

Sep 18, 2023

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How to be faraway (3 reminders for living abroad long term)

3 things I’ve had to remind myself of over and over. Bonus: also works for those not living abroad!

Sep 14, 2023

Woman from high vantage point looking out over a densely populated Greece.

Sep 14, 2023

Hannah Lawrence

Hannah Lawrence

I'm a writer, historian, & Oxford researcher. I muse on travel, human history, race, literature and whatever catches my eye. I also find myself very funny.

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